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factoids

| image = | caption = Minister of Natural Resources#Minister of Energy, Mines, and Resources>Minister of Energy, Mines, and Resources| primeminister = Kim Campbell| term_start = June 25, 1993| term_end = November 3, 1993| predecessor = Bill McKnight| successor = Anne McLellanMinister of Natural Resources#Minister of Forestry>Minister of Forestry| primeminister2 = Kim Campbell| term_start2 = June 25, 1993| term_end2 = November 3, 1993| predecessor2 = Frank Oberle Sr.| successor2 = Anne McLellan| parliament9 = CanadianCalgary Southwest{{small>(Calgary South; 1984–1988)}}| term_start9 = September 4, 1984| term_end9 = October 25, 1993| predecessor9 = John William Thomson| successor9 = Preston Manning193511}}| birth_name= Barbara Jane Sparrow| birth_place= Toronto, Ontario, Canada| death_date=| death_place=| profession=Registered Nurse, businesswoman, politicianProgressive Conservative Party of Canada>Progressive Conservative| residence=| footnotes=}}Barbara Jane Sparrow {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (born July 11, 1935) is a retired Canadian politician.

Political career

Sparrow, a Registered Nurse and businessperson, was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1984 federal election as Member of Parliament for Calgary South, Alberta.WEB, Profile - Sparrow, Barbara Jane (Bobbie),weblink 2020-06-25, lop.parl.ca, That election brought the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to power under the leadership of Brian Mulroney. In that election she won the biggest plurality in Canadian history up to that time with 47,763 more votes than second place runner-up Harold Millican from the Liberal Party of Canada.BOOK, Raymaker, Darryl, Trudeau's Tango: Alberta Meets Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968–1972, University of Alberta Press, 2017, 282, Sparrow was re-elected in the 1988 general election for the new riding of Calgary Southwest. In 1991, she was named parliamentary secretary to the Minister of National Health and Welfare.When Kim Campbell succeeded Mulroney as PC leader and prime minister in 1993, she brought Sparrow into the Cabinet as Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources and Minister of Forestry.Both Sparrow and the Campbell government were defeated in the subsequent 1993 federal election that reduced the Tories to only two seats in the House of Commons. Sparrow lost her seat to Reform Party leader Preston Manning.NEWS, Campbell, Murray, Murray Campbell (columnist), Sallot, Jeff, October 26, 1993, A Liberal Landslide: All but 2 Tories lose; Bloc could become Official Opposition, The Globe and Mail, A1, Toronto, Ontario, NEWS, Cernetig, Miro, October 26, 1993, Manning's reach exceeds grasp: Reform fails to make inroads into Ontario, The Globe and Mail, A1, Calgary, Alberta,

Electoral record

{{1993 Canadian federal election/Calgary Southwest}}{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1988|percent=yes}}{{CANelec|CA|PC|Bobbie Sparrow|40,397|65.16 }}{{CANelec|CA|Reform|Janet Jessop|8,316|13.41 }}{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Percy Baker|7,147|11.53 }}{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Vera Vogel|5,024| 8.10}}{{CANelec|CA|Independent|Larry R. Heather|669| 1.08}}{{CANelec|CA|Rhinoceros (historical)|Johnny Barretto|372| 0.60}}{{CANelec|CA|CoR|Bill Sinclair|68| 0.11}}{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|61,993|100.00}}{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1984}}{{CANelec|CA|PC|Bobbie Sparrow|55,590}}{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Harold Millican|7,827}}{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Brendan Quigley|6,135}}{{CANelec|CA|CoR|Phyllis Kobley|866}}{{CANelec|XX|Independent|Larry Heather|800}}{{CANelec|CA|Commonwealth of Canada|Bill Bohdan|136}}

References

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External links

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